OZ - Walkthrough

-- OZ --
-- FAQ/Walkthrough --
-- By Kouli (aka Ken Zhao, kenzhao99@yahoo.com) --
-- Version 0.5 --
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<Beforehand Words>
This FAQ/Walkthrough is based on the Japanese version of OZ that is released on
June 30th, 2005.
The game is made and published by Konami. If you are wondering, this game is
made by the people involved with Gensou Suikoden and Castlevania.
BTW, OZ stands for Over Zenith. By Konami, that means "Chouten Wo Koeshimono"
which means "He Who Surpassed The Top/Peak".
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<Update Log>
\July 05, 2005/
- Version 0.1, beginning to write the full walkthrough
\July 06, 2005/
- Version 0.2, continue on the walkthrough
\July 07, 2005/
- Version 0.3, completion of the walkthrough
\July 08~13, 2005/
- Version 0.4, further on other unlockables and specials
\July 17~18, 2005/
- Version 0.5, wrapping up on the unlockables and specials
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<Prologue>
Fragment Of Intelligence: None
Starting up with you control Cain, with Almira and Leon helping you. This is
not much of a battle, to say the least. All of you are transformed. All you
need to do here is attack with Square, press Triangle to use Deathblow when you
see the hint on the screen. Just try out the controls and the basic of the
battle system itself. After, continue on. There will be more enemies, but just
press Triangle when you see the hint on screen and this will have Cain, Leon
and Almira to do a Combination Deathblow. And that will kill all enemies. After
scenes, the prologue ends and the intro of the game kicks in.
<Chapter 1 - The Awakening>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
After scenes, you will get to control Feel, against Almira. Just follow the
hints, such as log on with R1, press X to regain your stand after getting blow
off by Almira. Basically, guard her attacks with L1 and attack back with
Square. If she jumps up in air, evade it with R1+Left Stick(Direction)+X. If
you need to heal, hit the barrels around. Now, to get the Fragment Of
Intelligence here, you need to Blow-Off Attack(Up+Square) Almira so she can
fall and hit the well at the center of the battle field. After you beat her,
you will be promt with choices. Pick the second then the first since those
increase the Affection Value of Almira.
<Chapter 2 - Sword Of Treachery>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
Here, you can take a tutorial with Almira, to learn about Blow-Off Attack,
Launch Attack, Pursuing/Chain Attack and the Deathblow. After, continue on.
There will be quite some enemies on the way, just repeat what you learned so
far, such as doing Blow-Off Attack, Launch Attack, Pursuing/Chain Attack to
increase the Tension Gauge, then finally the Deathblow. Finally, you will fight
the boss, Leon. Aside from the barrels here, you can also hit some grass. Doing
so will reveal the Fragment Of Intelligence. Now for Leon, instruct Almira with
R1+Circle to tackle his defense then attack with Feel. Repeat this til you take
him out. After, you will be promt with 2 choices again. Pick the first and the
second, to increase the Affection Value of Almira. That's what I picked. If you
want to increase the the Affection Value of Leon, pick the second and the first
to do so.
<Chapter 3 - Sacred Precincts>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
You will be promt with another choice, I pick the second to increase the
Affection Value of Almira. If you want to increase the Affection Value of Leon,
then pick the first choice. After, continue on. There are lots of enemies here
as well, but you got Almira and Leon this time. There shouldn't be much trouble
here unless you still haven't get used to the battle system. Moving on, as you
might have noticed already, there is a south part on the map you can't get to
yet, but before you advance to the northern area for the boss, in that area,
you can go south. Just pay attention to the map and you will get it. At south,
there is another jar, but this one contains the Fragment Of Intelligence. Now
just back track and go north for the boss fight, against Servus. It doesn't
have that many attacks, but it can hit you hard. Attack him first then he will
drop this 'rock', attack that after. This will raise the Tension Gauge and you
will beed to use few Deathblow here to finish it off. This should be pretty
easy if you got the hang of the whole combo attackings.
<Chapter 4 - Chief Of The Honourable Messengers>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
Again, you will be promt with another choice. I pick the second one to increase
the Affection Value of Almira. If you want to do that for Leon, pick the first
choice. Clear the enemies and move to the next section. There is a jar on a
rock here that only Almira can jump up to. Just pray and see if enemies show up
on that rock so you can command Almira to get them, then hoping Almira would
hit that jar and get that Fragment Of Intelligence. This is the only way to get
it in this Story Mode. If not, you will have to get this in EX Mode(you need to
clear Chapter 6 first) and using Almira as the Player Character. After, just
continue on to defeat enemies. As you might know already, those egg/shell like
thingy can be killed with Deathblow. So just charge up the Tension Gauge with
the side enemies then attack the egg/shell with a Deathblow. Continue on and
eventually, you can go left and right. If you go right, you can fight some more
enemies, go left for the boss fight. This time, you are to fight against Vitis.
He will summon out 2 enemies to help him. Try to separate them and kill each
enemy one by one, then get that Vitis. Guard often against Vitis' attacks, then
command others to attack or you could attack him when he's attacking either
Almira or Leon. After you reduce Vitis' health to zero, he will run off.
<Chapter 5 - Forgotten Prayer>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
You will be promt with another choice. I pick the second to increase the
Affection Value of Almira. If you want that for Leon, pick the first choice to
do so. Ok, you are here to save all the children. Go right first. More enemies
and there are two rooms here, upper one is a trap and the lower one is where
a child is. You can't go left yet, go continue to the right. Clear more enemies
and save the children here. Beware of the right room since it's another trap.
Moving on, at north, clear the enemies then hit this statue. Now, back track to
the first area, then go left. More enemies and children, just beware the lower
room is another trap. Clear more enemies then hit the other statue here. Next,
more enemies, and upon saving the second last child, the left door to the right
is now accessible. One of the rooms here will also contain another Fragment Of
Intelligence. However, it could just be random. It is in a jar within one of
rooms in this chapter. I actually obtain it in EX Mode(you need to clear
Chapter 6 first). Afterward, to that red door. Check out the 4 rooms then
continue to the north for the last child. There are a lot of enemies, but just
abuse the Deathblow and you should be fine. Next, 4 rooms here, a child should
be at the lower left one. Then move on to the final area. The boss is Duum Vir
and you can do little damage to it normally. Stay away from it and Duum Vir
will send out this arm/enemy, use it to build up the Tension Gauge then use
Deathblow on the boss. Repeat this til you beat it.
<Chapter 6 - New Top/Peak>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
Go left first. Clear the enemies and check out that room. The jar here contains
Fragment Of Intelligence. After, take the stairs up. Clear the enemies and
continue to make your way up. Lots of enemies and be sure to abust Deathblow
more often. The room here got another jar with health, but there will be more
enemies showing up. Next floor, more enemies and another room with a jar that
has an accessory. Next floor, more enemies and yet another jar with health in
a room. After, up the stairs toward the final area. Here, you are fighting
against Galumn and Juju. Ok, I am focusing on beating Galumn only. Command Leon
and Almira to get lure Juju. Juju can accidentally stun Galumn, when you see
the stars on Galumn's head, go get him. The rest of the time, avoid and guard
often. If you like Galumn, go get Juju solely. She is much easier to defeat
since she has less health. After, you will be promt with another choice. I
pick the first to increase the Affection Value of Almira. If you want that for
Leon, pick the second choice to do so. In the end, you will unlock EX Mode at
the Title. It allows you to select a stage that you have cleared and play it
using different Player Character and Partner, so it's not fixed to the usual
Feel as the Player Character and Almira, Leon being the Partners.
<Chapter 7 - Theologia>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
You are to destroy all these eggs/shells like thingy and Ords. This shouldn't
be too hard since you have already encountered those before. Just beware when
the side enemies are going to blow up. Whenever you can do Deathblow, use it
and waste no time with the enemies. After, a path will show up. Repeat the
above and another path shows up. Next area, go left first. Clear more Ords and
another path. Ok, this path is different because it has fishes coming from left
and right. Some can drop the Fragment Of Intelligence randomly. Moving on, kill
more of those Ords and back track. A path should appear and you can now go to
the north. Continue to kill the remaining Ords. Afterward, continue to the last
area for the boss fight. Since I beat Galumn in the previous chapter, I get to
fight Juju this time. She's got the Armor/Rex this time, and she will also
summon out 2 monsters to help her. Try to guard a lot here. Go after each
monster one by one, then her. She will summon more, but you probably only need
to repeat this few times to provide enough time to defeat her. If you can do
Blow-Off or Launch Attack on her, try to chain as much as possible, don't let
her get on the ground.
<Chapter 8 - Manifestation>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
You will be promt with another choice. I pick the second to increase the
Affection Value of Almira. If you want that for Leon, pick the first choice to
do so. Ok, from where you start, turn around and check for a jar. It contains
a Fragment Of Intelligence. Anyway, you are here to kill all enemies. After you
kill the enemies, the rocks will lower. Continue on for more enemies. Clear
them to move on for even more enemies. Clear them to move on. This next area,
you will need to destroy these stone poles or legs, so the rocks would drop.
Otherwise, you would fight these annoying enemies endlessly. After, move on to
the final area. You are to fight Tentatores Maligenii. It is pretty easy, for
a boss. Watch out for its attacks and don't get too close. It can also dish out
these enemies, use them to build up the Tension Gauge. The boss also got a fire
breath attack, be sure to avoid that.
<Chapter 9 - Fluctuation Of The Purgatory>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
You will be promt with another choice. There shouldn't be any Affection Value
increase or decrease on Almira or Leon, so just pick the first choice. Now, You
are all by yourself, so beware of that. Go right. There are enemies around, and
you becareful here. You can all alone and you can get Game Over easily in this
chapter. The ghosts here can get into the enemies and the mouth like thingy on
the wall can suck you up. Continue on and more enemies. To take down the
barrier, you would need to attack this orb. Eventually, you would see Almira.
Now the path near where you first started in this chapter has been opened, you
can now back track. Battling is a bit easier now with Almira, but still, try to
becareful. So, enter that new path to another area. Continue to clear more
enemies and eventually, you would be at the final area. Go left and continue
the path to a jar, it contains another Fragment Of Intelligence. Now, back
track and go right. Clear the enemies and continue on. You would meet up with
Juju, given that you beat Galumn in Chapter 6 and beat Juju in Chapter 7. Juju
will end up joining the party.
<Chapter 10 - The Created One>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
We got these flower buds with poison gas, and sometimes contain an enemy within
it. Also, one of these buds actually contain a Fragment Of Intelligence, so be
sure to break all of them. Anyway, clear the initial flower bud then move on to
the next area. Here, you can go left or right. Clear the loads of enemies then
go left first. Clear the enemies, then attack the two orbs to move on. Clear
more enemies and continue to the north. Clear more enemies and two more orbs to
break, then move on to another area. Now, the next area here has even more
enemies. Afterward, go to the north again. You will be fighting clones. It's
not really that bad if you just focus on one. One ally could just take all the
damage and the other can help you out on focusing on one clone.
<Chapter 11 - The Reviving Will>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
You will be promt with another choice. There shouldn't be any Affection Value
increase or decrease on Almira or Leon, so just pick the first choice. Now for
this mission, you are here to protect these lightstands and you got tons of
enemies coming. This is not that hard, just a bit time consuming. You have 4
lightstands in total, if all fails, pick one to guard til death. To know where
the enemies are coming, be sure to use Right Stick to rotate the camera angles.
When you do clear them all and before the platform shows up, be sure to not
stand near the center. Because there is something that appears above your head.
Rotate the camera angles or check above your head. There should be a Fragment
Of Intelligence. Do grab it quick. If you were at the center then the Fragment
Of Intelligence will show up there, right at where the platform is. That way,
you won't be able to get it and if you want it, you will need to restart.
Anyway, take the platform to get to the boss, Desperabilis. It can regenerates
health, so don't go all crazy yet. Attack the head and 2 hands til they are all
stunned. That way, you can get on its back and attack those 3 crystals. After
you destroy all three, your focus is the head. Its breath attack can be avoided
easily, and when you do stun the head, it will spit out enemies. Use them to
charge the Tension Gauge, then of course, use Deathblow on the head.
<Chapter 12 - Ally>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
Alright, we are here to clear all enemies. Clear the first set of enemies then
move on. Clear more and continue along the path. Continue on to the big area,
more enemies and be sure to get those eggs/shells like thingy to break the
barriers. Next, this path should have more enemies and there will be rocks
coming down. Use a Deathblow to break a rock for a Fragment Of Intelligence.
Kill the enemy by the top of the path to continue on. Finally, boss time. It's
Tentatores Maligenii again. Juju will run off but Leon will come back. This
time, all three of you will be in Armor/Rex. Tentatores Maligenii is about the
same as above, but few new attacks and more health. Get near to attack, avoid
if you need to. It will have enemies, then just use them to charge up the
Tension Gauge, and of course, use Deathblow on Tentatores Maligenii. After, you
can now choose Almira or Leon as the Player Character in Story Mode, aside from
Feel. Further, you are now able to transform, you know, with the Armor/Rex and
everything. All you need to do is gather Blue Eteria to raise the OZ Gauge.
However, Transform is only usable for boss fights. Tension Gauge is also now
able to go up to Level 3, that allows you to use the Deathblow "Over Zenith".
<Chapter 13 - Crumbling Illusion>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
Clear the enemies in the first area. Notice these ghosts? You can't hit them
but they can hit you. Just avoid them as much as you can. Moving on, clear more
enemies then go north. Clear more enemies and take the warp point. Next area,
clear more enemies then move on. More enemies and there are two warp points
here, take the left one. Next area, clear the enemies to move on. Ok, we are
looking for a fake wall and check the map to see something sticking up on the
map, that could indicate an area that you can explore. Once you find this fake
wall, go through it just like that and break the jar for the Fragment Of
Intelligence. Clear the final set of enemies then take the warp point up. This
time, you are fighting against Galumn. If your OZ Gauge is full, then your
characters will have the Armor/Rex, fair enough against Galumn that has the
Armor/Rex as well. Take your time and guard all the time. He will summon out
enemies as well, use them to build up the Tension Gauge. Once you take down
some of his health, try to avoid as much as you can against his attacks.
<Chapter 14 - Labyrinth>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
Clear the first set of enemies. After, as you can see on the map, there are 5
warp points you can take. Take the lower left one. As you might know already,
there are enemies that are phantoms which you can't hit, so avoid them if you
can. Anyway, in the next area, destroy the orb and clear the enemies. After,
take the upper right path on the map. This leads to a jar that contains the
Fragment Of Intelligence. The rest is just destroy the orb and clear the
enemies. After, take the warp point back to the first area. The rest is just
going into other 3 corner ones and repeat the similar things. When you do take
them all out, you can go to the central one to the final area. Continue up and
you will get to fight the boss, Criminatores. As usual, if your OZ Gauge is
full, then you will have the Armor/Rex. Try to avoid its attacks since they are
all pretty damaging. You can't damage it normally, and you need to attack that
rock/shield at front. After, it will explodes the green sphere. Attack that
will reduce its health. If you need to build up the Tension Gauge, use those
parts to do so, then use the Deathblow on it.
<Chapter 15 - End Of The Dark Stream>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
Clear the first set of enemies here. Do remember you are slower in the water.
Then continue on and clear each set of enemies. Next area, like wise, just kill
the enemies. At the section before the boss, there should another golem like
enemy and there should be 2 flying enemies around. One of those two flying
enemies drop the Fragment Of Intelligence. Once you obtain it, clear the gloem
and the enemies, then advance to the final area. The boss here is Vitis from
before, but with Armor/Rex. Of course, if you have your OZ Gauge full, you will
also have the Armor/Rex. He can hit hard, but this is still an easy fight. As
usual, take care of the two enemies first and build up the Tension Gauge while
you are at it, then Deathblow on Vitis. If anything, try not to stay in the
water.
<Chapter 16 - Retribution And Atonement>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
Alright, move on and destroy the orbs to decrease the water level. After that,
clear the enemies then move on. Basically, repeat it again, then to the next
area. You can go left or right. Let's go left to get to the next area faster.
Next area, destroy the orbs and go down one level. As you destroying the orbs,
you probably notice the jar in the center, down a water level. That actually
contains the Fragment Of Intelligence and we have one chance to jump to it.
So after you destroy the orbs, jump to the center then break that jar for the
Fragment Of Intelligence. Jump down, clear the last set of enemies, then to
the final area to fight the boss. As usual, if your OZ Gauge is full, then you
will have Armor/Rex. It's protected by the water, so get those 4 spheres first
then the boss itself. It will also send out enemies, so you can use them to
build up the Tension Gauge in order to unleash Deathblow. Lots of its attacks
can hit hard and they are hard to avoid as well, so don't stay too close unless
you got some Deathblow to use.
<Chapter 17 - Eroding Nothingness>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
Clear the enemies but stay away from that dark red sphere. Moving on, second
section. There is a jar here that can be destroyed by Deathblow. It contains a
Fragment Of Intelligence. The rest is just move on and clear enemies. There are
all kinds enemies here and be sure to build up your OZ Gauge. When you came to
the intersection, go with the middle path to get to the final area. The boss
here is Nigredo. Of course, if you OZ Gauge is full, you will transform with
the Armor/Rex. This is another battle where you will need to abuse Deathblow.
Whenever you have it, use it. This boss has lots of health, so this will take
a while. Of course, there are side enemies where you can build up your Tension
Gauge. If you don't have any Deathblow, try to stay away from it. Nigredo can
hit hard and the area range is pretty big. Just as you think this guy is slow
because it's big, think again, it can jump, fly and teleport just like that.
Try to log on and adjust the camera angle frequently to see where it's coming.
<Chapter 18 - Pure Offering>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
Alright, as you can see, there are tons of spider like enemies. You can knock
them off the mountain or kill them, and hope to get some Blue Eteria to fill
the OZ Gauge. Feel and Almira's Level 2 Combination Deathblow works wonderfully
here against these loads of spiders. Continue on and clear more enemies. Next
area, similar to above. Third area, clear the spiders and move on. Forth area,
there is no more enemies. The second corpse to the left, you can destroy it to
reveal the Fragment Of Intelligence. After, move on to the final area. You
probably got the OZ Gauge full, so you get the Armor/Rex for your characters.
Use the side enemies to build up the Tension Gauge, if you can build it up to
Level 3, then log on and unleash "Over Zenith". It will do lots of damage on
it. When it's flying, try to avoid. When it's on ground, go get it.
<Chapter 19 - Dorothy>
Fragment Of Intelligence: None
This is it, the final battle of the game. You will automatically transform with
Armor/Rex. It has various attacks and lots of health. However, in terms of
difficulty, it's easier. As for building up the Tension Gauge, use the spheres
it summons out. The spheres can also shoot out laser, so be sure to destroy
some, at least. The rest just takes time. After, sit back and enjoy this ending
you got. At the end, the game will ask you to make a Clear Data save, do so.
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<Clear Game Bonus>
- Juju usable for EX Mode
- Feel's Normal Outfit
- Fragment Of Intelligence Unlockables (Depends on how many you have)
- 3: Gallery, Character Arts
- 5: Gallery, Title Gallery
- 7: Gallery, Movie Gallery
- 10: Gallery, Sound Gallery
- 15: Fight By Using The 35th Platoon (Clear this to get the 19th Fragment Of
Intelligence)
- Hard Mode selectable in EX Mode and Story Mode(within Load Game)
- New Items can be created, of course, by using Eteria
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<In-Game Decisions>
As you should know this already, there are choices in the game that you could
to increase the Affection Value of either Almira or Leon. The choices are said
above, so I don't need to explain here. To view who has higher Affection Value,
simply go into "Equip". Check on Almira or Leon. Normally, they have a regular
standing pose like other characters, but if either one of them has a different
pose, that character is probably having higher Affection Value at this point.
A Partner with higher Affection Value can probably chain up your combo/pass
more frequently. Aside from that, the one with higher Affection Value will be
the one to show up first in Chapter 9. And of course, the one with lower
Affection Value will join back later.
Also, the choices probably affect whether you will get "Justice Muffler"(at
the clear of the game) or not. Please check the "Justice Muffler" section
below for a bit more detail.
Last of all, about Juju and Galumn in Chapter 6. That actually decide few
things. Whoever you beat in Chapter 6, will show up later and fight you.
Whoever you didn't beat in Chapter 6, will show up to fight you in Chapter 7,
but can join you for a while. And whoever join you is probably the one that
will be unlocked for EX Mode by the game Clear.
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<Endings>
For me, I obtain A Rank for all Chapters, all in Normal Mode. My Composite
Ranking is A, as well. That gives me the "Dorothy Ending"(let's just call it
that for now).
As for the Bad Ending, try to obtain Rank C or D for all chapters, then so that
your Composite Ranking is C or below. In fact, you will really need to do this
til you cleared Chapter 18, that applies to all the endings as well. By Chapter
19, the title should be "Dorothy" if you got the Dorothy Ending. However, if
you got the Bad Ending, it should be as below:
<Chapter 19 - The Perishing Song>
Fragment Of Intelligence: None
This time, your enemy is Dorothy. This isn't really much of a fight. You can
just gang up on Dorothy and slash her to death. She won't do anything, maybe
teleport once in a while. After, sit back and enjoy the Bad Ending. Do notice
the game says "Bad End, Try Aagain!", LOL!
There are 2 more endings, one is basically Dorothy Ending, but with the 20th
Chapter and the other one is the Normal Ending. Normal Ending is just without
the requirement for Dorothy Ending or the Bad Ending, so just maintain around
Rank B, and the final/19th Chapter should be titled as "Last Moment's Prayer".
As for the Best Ending(Dorothy Ending+20th Chapter), check the "Second&On
Playthrough" section for more details. But when you do get it, it should be as
this:
<Chapter 20 - Shining Wind>
Fragment Of Intelligence: 1
This time, you actually get to fight Atheus. Still quite similar to other boss
battles, maybe just a little bit harder. There are lots of spiders around, so
use them to build up your Tension Gauge, then use Deathblow on the boss. Don't
get too close to that Atheus unless you need to. It can send out a claw to
attack you, and if you are too close, it will just use its claw to smash you
away. It can teleport away, so you are gonna run around a lot here. It is in
mid air, and I prefer to use Feel+Almira's Combination Deathblow/Level 2. Do
not get so eager though, because oftenly, when you are about to hit it, it will
just teleport away and that wastes your Deathblow. It's better for you to lure
it to attack, then jump near it, then unleash Feel+Almira's Combination
Deathblow. After you beat it, of course, its second form. This one got lots of
vitality as you can see. It is on ground this time, so it will be Feel+Leon's
Combination Deathblow this time. Don't get so eager to build up the Tension
Gauge then unleash the Deathblow, you will NEED to guard and avoid a lot here.
Why? Because when Atheus actually hit you once, it will chain combo you to no
end. That often deals tons of damage to you, so beware. Aside from that, it can
also summon out the red ball you saw previously, to suck you in for more
damage. If that's not enough, Atheus still got more attacks, like sending out
a wave surrounding itself. This is probably one of the harder battles of the
game. But with a bit patience, bit more careful and you should eventually beat
it. If you want to do chain combo with your allies, jump up to attack instead
of waiting on the ground when your ally passes you the 'ball'. Once you beat
Atheus, that ends the game. One of your clear bonus should be another Fragment
Of Intelligence.
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<Hard Mode>
- In Chapter 1, same place as the Fragment Of Intelligence, but this time, it's
the Gold Necklace
- In Chapter 16, area before the boss, an enemy/golem here drops the True
Silver Katabira
- In Chapter 9, area just before you can end the chapter, the second white
golem like enemy can drop the Ultra-Strength Bangle. Just besure to lure that
golem and others away from the mouths because if those mouths bite off that
golem, you won't get the Ultra-Strength Bangle. In that case, you will need
to restart
All these 3 things can be obtained within EX Mode, BTW. You will need to select
Hard Mode, obviously.
Aside from the 3 unique items above, there is actually one more. It doesn't
matter which difficulty, but you must obtain it in Story Mode. To get this item
that's called "Chicken's Cest", the Player Character(you)'s Killing Rate must
be low(like 0%, 1%). That means the character you control should avoid killing
any enemy and let the allies handle them. An easier mission for this would be
Chapter 2, in Easy Mode. Just have Almira to kill them all and you would be get
the Chicken's Crest at the Ranking Screen.
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<Second&On Playthrough>
Basically, playing through Story Mode(within Load Game, not New Game) again.
However, this time, aim for all B or C Rank, if you got all A Rank previously.
I am going with all B or C Rank. As for the "In-Game Decisions", do the
opposite of what you did last time. If you do that, you probably will notice
the exchanges between Galumn and Juju as compared to your first playthrough, in
various situations. Also, Leon will probably be the one to join first in
Chapter 9 and Galumn will probably join in Chapter 9 as well. Of course, Almira
will be the one to join back later.
Upon clearing Chapter 16, you might get this ??? Chapter:
~Fragment: Cain
This is basically a mission with the current OZ members. You control Vitis and
of course, your partners are Juju and Galumn. You will all have Armor/Rex. Just
continue along the path and clear enemies. That's about it. This really is a
story segment.
Upon clearing the game again, sadly enough, I got A for my Composite Ranking,
once again. However, I did get the followings:
- Galumn usable for EX Mode
- Couple more new items can be created
I played it another time, and got C for the Composite Ranking. Thus, that gets
me the Bad Ending. My reward this time around is:
- Inspiration Bangle
Once again, I played it again and this time, mainly aim for Rank A or S for all
Chapters. Also, for the 5 Gods:
- Fire God (Chapter 12)
- Earth God (Chapter 14)
- Water God (Chapter 16)
- Wind God (Chapter 18)
- Supreme God (Chapter 19)
For those battles, have your OZ Gauge full so you can enter the battle with the
Armor/Rex. Finally, beat these bosses with Deathblow. Try to use Deathblow
Level 2, just in case. In the end, you might get the 20th Chapter. Clear that
and the rewards for me are:
- Vitis usable for EX Mode
- Cain usable for EX Mode
- Fragment Of Intelligence (20th/final one)
- Justice Muffler
- Dorothy's Great Adventure (if the above Fragment Of Intelligence is your 20th
one)
- One new item can be created
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<Justice Muffler>
This is another item you can obtain at the clear of the game. However, it seems
to be affected by the choices. you need this item to get the other Fragment. It
seems you need to equip that and clear Chapter 8 to trigger out this Fragment.
For me, I picked all first choices in the game and obtain it at the end. So,
when you do have it, equip it and clear Chapter 8 in Story Mode. You will get
the other Fragment:
~Fragment: The God-Destroying Squadron, OZ Ranger
(March! OZ Ranger! Protect The Children's Tomorrow!)
Of course, this is a modern setting parody, poking fun on Power Ranger, ^_^!
Don't be surprised that your characters go over that cheesy "Change!" line.
You will be controlling OZ Lion(Leon), OZ Scarecrow(Almira) and OZ Tin(Feel).
Anyway, just clear all the side enemies then the boss. That's about it.
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<Dorothy's Great Adventure>
This will be unlocked, when you do obtain all/20 Fragments Of Intelligence.
Basically, you will be playing as Dorothy with Toto as your partner through
this little fictional parody written by Dorothy.
~Chapter 1 - Setting Off
You will be fighting Scarecrow(Almira). Don't think this is hard though,
Dorothy IS powerful. She can stun the scarecrow easily within couple hits. You
shouldn't have any trouble beating the scarecrow.
~Chapter 2 - Inside The Forest
Here, you have Toto as your partner. Do remember Dorothy can also do Deathblow
Level 1 and 2. Both of them are also powerful. Anyway, continue on and clear
enemies. As for the boss, it's Lion(Leon). Pretty much the same as he was in
Story Mode, unless you pick Hard Mode, otherwise, this isn't hard at all. If
you are in Hard Mode, Lion tends to rush a lot, just wait til the chance then
hit him.
~Chapter 3 - Precious One
Here, you are to break all these egg/shell like thingy. Just use the enemies
to build up the Tension Gauge then use Deathblow. Once you go around and clear
them all, on to the boss. This time, we got The Match Selling Girl(Juju). Same
as in the Story Mode, so use the side enemies to build up the Tension Gauge
then use Deathblow. Do remember you only got Toto, even though Dorothy alone is
pretty strong.
~Chapter 4 - Pride And Courage
Here, watch out for the spirits and avoid hitting them. Just continue on and
clear enemies. As for the boss here, it's Wolf(Galumn). Once again, nothing
you haven't tried in the Story Mode. The battle itself is similar to the one
with The Match Selling Girl above. Just guard more often than attack.
~Chapter 5 - Get Angry, Honest One
Clear the enemies and try to avoid getting in the water. As usual, clear the
enemies and move onto the boss. The boss here is the Wizard(Vitis). You know
what to do, it's always about that routine. Try to stay at the center area so
you don't have to get in the water.
~Chapter 6 - Everyone's Prayer
You should recognize this place, since it's where the final boss battle took
place in the Best Ending. Here, you are fighting Evil God(Feel). If you have
viewed the Bad Ending, you should recognize this evil looking Feel. Sadly
enough, we are going to take down Feel, which also defeats the purpose of this
adventure. Anyway, it's Atheus again. This isn't that easy with just Dorothy
and Toto alone. Atheus still has insane amount of vitality, but do use the
spiders to build up your Tension Gauge to level 2, then unleash that
Combination Deathblow. It should take down a lot of vitality from Atheus.
Repeat til he dies. After, enjoy the happy ending and that ends the adventure.
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<The Konami Command>
If you don't know what that is, that would be Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right,
Left, Right, L1 then finally, R1.
First, pause your game with Start. Then input that command. If you did it
right, then there should be a sound. Just remember to do this by the area
before the boss.
What this does is, it fills up your OZ Gauge fully instantly. However, you can
only use this with each Power Off/On(or just Reset) of the PS2. Thus, you can't
abuse it unless you Power Off/On(or just Reset) your PS2 like crazy.
There is a counter command as well: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left,
Right, R1 then finally, L1. Do this during pause as well, and you also get a
sound. This empties your OZ Gauge and you can do it indefinitely without doing
any Power Off/On(or just Reset) the PS2.
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<More Coming Soon>
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<Credits>
- Me
- CJayC
- Konami
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This Document Copyright 2005 Kouli